Israel-Hizbollah cessation of hostilities ‘generally maintained,’ UN Lebanon force says http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19... The Security Council-imposed cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah was generally maintained in the past 24 hours, with three incidents reported, according to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which has been in talks on facilitating a withdrawal of Israeli forces and the deployment of the Lebanese Army.